One Rolls-Royce belongs to 3 significantly various owners, beginning with Lord Charles, who purchases the cars and truck for his partner as an anniversary existing. Another proprietor is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso that acquires the auto throughout a journey to Italy and leaves it with his sweetheart while he goes back to Chicago. Later on, the car is possessed by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the attacking Nazis.